Bilkis case: Bombay HC rejects bail pleas of convicts
MUMBAI: (AMN) Terming the offence as ‘serious’ the Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected bail pleas of the seven convicts in 2002 infamous Bilkis Bano gang-rape case.
SC slams private colleges admissions procedure
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Supreme Court Thursday has come down heavily on the private medical colleges for making wrong admissions. It said that it would compel to intervene if things…
PM likely to drop Maran in Cabinet reshuffle
By NEELAM JEENA NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to drop Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran from the Union Cabinet for his alleged involvement in 2G scam. Maran…
Mamata can’t return Singur land
NEW DELHI: (AMN) In a major blow to the Mamta Banerjee Government in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the state government not to go ahead with distribution…
Govt to decide on wheat, rice exports soon
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Central Government would soon decide on export of two million tonnes of wheat and one million tonnes of rice as the stocks hit a record 65.6…
India’s first Caste Census Begins
S N VERMA in TripuraThe first ever caste based census in post independent India has began on Wednesday in far flung village Shankhola in West Tripura. This process paves the…
Text of PM intraction with Newspaper Editors
Preliminary transcript of the Q & A session between the PM and Newspaper Editors on June 29, 2011
PM READY TO STEP DOWN
TIA special correspondent NEW DELHI: (AMN) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that that he was ready to step down from primeministership. He said that it was time that…
Ex-navy personnel to guard merchant ships
NEW DELHI: (AMN) In a bid to counter growing incident of piracy, the Centre is planning to deploy ex-navy personnel on the merchant ships owned by Indian companies. Attacks on…
Congress puts PM in PR mode
Bosco Celestine / Andalib Akhter With the completion of two years of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA-2), resentment is growing within congress as its own government at centre has failed…